Young Football Player

On October 2, the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Schalke 04 played at home against last season's Ligue 1 runner-up Marseille.

At present, Marseille, like Schalke, has lost the first round of the group stage and currently has zero points.

Of course, both teams are also teams that are in desperate need of points.

However, Marseille may be even worse. The first game Schalke lost was away, and the first game Marseille lost was home.

In football matches, the difference between home and away games is still quite large, and the home game can still provide a lot of morale bonuses for your team.

This time against Marseille at home, it is Schalke's first Champions League home game this season, and Schalke fans have long been waiting for it.

Aofu Schalke Stadium is already dark blue, and there is a huge large jigsaw puzzle on the grandstand.

"King Bruce, take us to Berlin!!"

The blue puzzle pieces and white text express a very simple and direct meaning.

The slogan "We are going to Berlin" is actually very common in the Bundesliga, mainly in the German Cup.

Because the annual German Cup final is held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, German fans have been using this slogan for many years to encourage the team to work hard in the German Cup and strive to go to Berlin to participate in the final.

But now Schalke has been eliminated by Bayern in the German Cup, but they have played such a giant puzzle in the Champions League. Of course, it does not mean that the team is required to go to the away game against Hertha Berlin.

This is actually asking the team to work hard to reach the Champions League final, and it is also asking Lee Chenglong to lead Schalke to the Champions League final, because this year's Champions League final happened to be held in Berlin, Germany.

"After losing the first group match before, Bruce said in front of reporters that Schalke's goal in the Champions League this year is to be better than last year and strive to reach the Champions League final."

"It seems that the Schalke fans also trust Bruce. They played a big tifo at home to go to Berlin." The commentators from various countries are also talking about the eye-catching puzzle on the scene.

In Schalke's death group, Marseille may be considered the weakest team.

But in fact, Marseille is the only Champions League champion team in the group, and it is also the only French team that has won the Champions League.

Facing such a historical team at home, Schalke started relatively steadily.

In the first ten minutes or so of the game, Schalke has been controlling the rhythm slowly, intending to play steadily.

But Marseille disagreed. They probably thought that Schalke had a guilty conscience, so they began to press hard, intending to show Schalke their true strength.

In the 18th minute, the French midfielder Payet successfully forced Fox from the wing and sent a cross from the wing. Matip also made a mistake in the penalty area, allowing the opposing Tunisian striker Khalifa to get a header. Fortunately, the ball was pushed higher than the crossbar.

Marseille's hastily coming here can be regarded as the prelude to the battle between the two teams.

In the 26th minute, Li Chenglong received a pass from Draxler on the left side of the front court, went in from the ribs of the penalty area, changed direction to the right, avoided the opponent's midfielder Imbra's forward press, and then smashed the ball back , speeding up the ball to the front left, passing the opponent's two central defenders in one pass, and then volleying with his left foot.

Due to the close distance, Marseille goalkeeper Mandanda couldn't react at all, and could only watch the ball fly into the goal from his side.

"goooooooooooal~~~~~~~"

"Bruce Lee~~~~It's him again!!"

"Li made a beautiful breakthrough with the ball, passed three defenders in a row, and then completed a volley to score the goal."

"In front of Li, Marseille's defense is like paper, and it will be broken with a poke."

Jackie Chan's goal cheered the Schalke fans and made the entire Schalke team cheer and celebrate.

Being assigned to a group of death, and losing the first game, the whole team was still a little worried about qualifying.

Now that Jackie Chan has returned and helped the team open the scoring with his outstanding performance, everyone feels relieved.

Especially Stevens on the sidelines, he was even more relieved.

Li Chenglong's goal did not scare Marseille, and they had already planned to fight for three points.

The opponent's counterattack was very brave. In the 32nd minute, the veteran midfielder Valbuena received a pass from Payet, accelerated his breakthrough into the penalty area, and was tripped by Kanter.

Spanish referee Fernandez immediately awarded a penalty and awarded Kante a yellow card.

This was originally a good opportunity for Marseille to equalize the score, but amidst the loud boos of the fans, the Ghanaian striker Ayew, who was in charge of taking the penalty kick, felt weak and pushed the ball directly out of the post.

This was a huge blow to Marseille, and their obvious morale was frustrated.

The entire Schalke team also knew this, and then began to launch continuous offensives, trying to expand the score.

Finally, in the 44th minute, Lee Chenglong made a wall kick with Uchida Atsuto on the right and then sent a cross. Draxler ran out in front of the goal and scored with a kick.

"With one pass and one shot by Bruce Lee, Schalke led by two goals in the first half. I don't think there will be much suspense in this game."

This is what the German commentator said, and it really tells the situation of the game.

At the beginning of the second half, Marseille just wanted to do something after a 15-minute midfield adjustment.

At this time, Kevin Boateng took an unreasonable and violent long shot at the front of the penalty area, which once again expanded the score.

Now Marseille was completely discouraged, and there was no more motivation to resist.

And in the 82nd minute, Lee Jackie transferred the ball to Gretzka after a midfield breakthrough, and the magnetic card then distributed the ball to Uchida who was plugging in.

Then Uchida tried a long shot by himself, and he was lucky enough to form a refracted goal.

Atsuto Uchida scored his first goal in the Champions League and also helped Schalke expand the score to 4:0.

In this way, with one pass and one shot by Jackie Chan, Schalke beat Marseille 4-0 at home and won the first Champions League victory of the season.

In another game in the same group, Arsenal defeated Naples 2-0 at home with Ozil's outstanding performance.

In this case, in the current death group, Arsenal occupies the top of the list with two consecutive victories, Schalke and Naples both have one win and one loss, only Marseille has not won any games for the time being, and is at the bottom with zero points.

However, the group stage has only played two rounds, and everything is possible in the future.

Arsenal, who have won two consecutive victories, may also be eliminated, and Marseille, which has lost two consecutive games, also has a chance to qualify, and it is even said to be the first in the group.

In this round of the Champions League, the four Bundesliga teams have all successfully won.

In addition to Schalke's home victory over Marseille, Bayern beat Manchester City 3:1 away, Dortmund beat Basel 1:0 away, and Leverkusen beat Real Sociedad 2:1 at home.

At present, the situation of the four Bundesliga teams is good. Manchester City and Dortmund have two consecutive victories, and Schalke and the pharmaceutical factory have one win and one loss.

All four teams have a good chance of qualifying from their groups.

If it is really done, it will be another new record. There has never been a situation in which four teams have reached the Champions League knockout round together in the Bundesliga.

In this round of the Champions League, Ronaldo continued to perform well. Following the last round of hat-tricks, this round scored twice.

Five goals were scored in two games, and many Spanish media have begun to discuss Ronaldo's competition for the Ballon d'Or.

Ribery may have been a little anxious recently. Some time ago, everyone was saying that he was the first candidate for the Ballon d'Or, but now many people are talking about Ronaldo.

Real Madrid performed well, but Juventus, who are in the same group as Real Madrid, are in poor condition. They were tied 2:2 by Galatasaray at home this round.

You must know that in the first round of the Champions League, the old woman drew 1:1 with Copenhagen in the away game.

With only 2 points in two rounds, and two consecutive games against Real Madrid, Juventus seems to be in a bit of a hurry to qualify.

Originally, their group was thought to be a match between Real Madrid and Juventus, but now the old lady has turned this group into a group of death.

Real Madrid is thriving, and the other three teams are so rookie that they can't pull each other.